Arrangements for sending of Mission: Agent General for
India, proposal and résumé of India’s needs, 593–598, 609; attitude of
President Roosevelt, 599, 603; discussion among U.S.
officials, 599–601, 602–603; notification
to United Kingdom, 611; press
announcements of Mission and its personnel, 613, 617n

Mission’s activities in India: Johnson’s proposal for
establishment of a war production board, 643–644, 648; reports
from Mission, 647–648, 656–657; text of
press release at conclusion of Mission, 654–656

Negotiations with British, Indian views regarding
possibility of, 679–681, 685–690; suggestion
that President Roosevelt offer to arbitrate question of an
interim settlement, 690–694

Nehru’s views: Appraisal of Gandhi’s position, 664, 665, 667–669; attitude toward British
publication of documents of Congress Working Committee, 702; position on possibility of
negotiations with the British, 685–689

Pakistan, and question of Indian unity, views of Indian
leaders concerning, 681–685, 687–688, 692

Working Committee of Congress Party:
Publication by the British of Committee’s minutes, 702, 703–705, 707; resolution of grievances and
demand for British withdrawal (Wardha resolution), 679–681, 685–690, 694

Lend-Lease for India: Allocation of materials to
India as recommended by American Technical Mission, 677, 739–740; direct Lend-Lease agreement between
United States and India, question of, 748–750; termination of
supplies to India, question of, 735,
737

Food and clothing for internees: Commitments to consider
racial and national customs, 797; problem of delivery of supplementary parcels
from homelands, 817–819, 820–821, 839–841; U.S. concern regarding inadequacy of support
provided by Japan, 831–832, 841–842; U.S. and
Japanese statements on food given prisoners, 799–800, 804–805, 825

Mistreatment by Japanese of American prisoners of war:
Allegations, and U.S. efforts to investigate through Swiss
Government, 794–795, 795–796, 797–798, 799–800, 801–802, 803, 807; reports by repatriated Americans, 832–839; trial and punishment of captured aviators,
823–824, 827, 830–831; U.S. protest, with statement based on
reports by repatriated Americans, 832–839

Press release issued by State Department May 23, citation to text, 213

In indexing persons the intention has
been to include all references to persons of significance for an
understanding of the record, with the following exceptions: (1) The name
of the Secretary of State or the Acting Secretary of State appearing as
the signer of outgoing instructions unless there is a clear indication
of the Secretary’s or Acting Secretary’s personal interest; (2) the name
of an American officer in charge of a mission appearing as the signer of
reports to the Department of State, except for personal items; (3) the
names of persons to whom documents are addressed.

Persons are not identified by office in the index, but usually where a
person is first mentioned in any section a footnote identification is
given unless that person is identified in the text.